Footwear



. P. J. GIBLIN FOOTWEAR Ffied March 16, l922 ATTORNEYS.

Fetented July 22, 1924.

time!) STATES PATRICK J. GIBLIN, OF

LA CROSSE, wIsooNsnT.

FOOTWEAR.

' Application filed March 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. GIBLIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Footwear, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvement in footwear and more particularly to bedroom slippers, moccasins and the like, and ,has for one of its objects to provide footwear of this character which will be simple in construction and more pleasing in appearance than those which have been heretofore proposed.

A further object of the invention is to pro-' vide a slipper or moccasin wherein the uppers are secured to the soles through the medium of an intermediate welt strip'to the end that the stitching may be more fully protected from wear.

A further object of the invention is to provide a slipper wherein the uppers may be secured. to the said welt strip while turned inside out and after they are so secured their positions are reversed and the seam brought upon the inside of the slipper, in such positions as not to inconvenience the wearer, due to pressure thereof against the foot.

With these and other objects in view which will appear more fully as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel etails of construction and combinations of I parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and til particularly pointed out in the accompanyin claims.

eferrin to the' accompanying drawing in which li e numerals designate like parts in all the views:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of one form/of a bedroom slip- 'per made in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, lookin in the direction of the arrows;

Tig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a slightly modified form of the invention; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view taken on ,line 44 of Fig. 3. Referring more especially to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 indicates the sole of the slipper or moccasin to the edge of which is secured, as by 1922. Serial No. 544,330.

the stitching 2, the welt strip 3 which extends entirely around the periphery of the said sole. The upper of the said slipper comprises the two members 4 and 5 having the edges 6 and 7 respectively thereof secured to the said welt strip 3, as will be clear from Fig. 2. The said welt is first secured to the upper members 4 and 5 and the welt and upper members are then secured to the sole while in their reversed positions whereupon they are brought together in the positions which they occupy in the finished slipper'and their edges 8 and 9 secured together, as shown in said Fig. 2. Such a construction brings the seams between the stri 3 and the sole 1 and between the strip 3 an the upper portions 4 and 5 in the form of a channel 3 on the inside of the finished slipper in a substantially vertical position with the stitching substantially horizontal, as shown, while the seam between the two upper portions 4 and 5 where their edges 8 and 9 meet is of necessity on the outside. This said seam may, if desired, be covered is substantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that the welt strip in the modified form is shown as overlapping the edges of the uppers 4 a'nd5, as at 11, thereby eliminating one of the inturned seams struction. In manufacturing slipper of this character they are usually made From sheepskin and, as above stated, the parts are usually sewed together when turned inside out. However, when they are reversed to perform the final operation of sewin the edges 8 and 9 together, the hair or woo side of the skin is brought on the interior of the slipper and in this manner the inby a strip of suitable material 10, as will be turned seams, shown in the drawings, are

more or less covered up, a lining for the slip er.

Having thus descri ed the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a bedroom slipper or the like, an upper, a sole portion and a welt strip interposed between said upper and sole or-v tion and connected thereto by substantlally horizontall disposed stitchin 2. A be room slipper or t e like comprising an upper formed in two sectlons, a sole portion and a welt strip, said welt stri being interposed between said sole and the wool acting as are said intermediate welt strip and turned to position said seams inside the sli per in planes substantially parallel to sai upper sections and with the stitching substantially horizontal, the half sections of thetupper being stitched together, and finishing strips covering said last mentioned seams and secured to said uplper.

4. As an artic e per comprising an upper, a sole portion and a welt strip, said welt strip being inter-' of manufacture, a slip-.

posed between said sole and upper and connected thereto. by horizontal stitching inside the slipper said welt strip formmg a channel into which the united edges of said upper, welt strip and sole extend.

5. The combination of a sole formed from shee skin dressed with the fleece thereon, the eece facing inwardly, an u per formed from sheep skin dressed with tlie fleece on, the fleece facing inwardly, an intermediate strip .of leather having its lower edge stitched to the edge of the sole, with the joined edges turned inwardly, the lower portion of the upper lapping said strip and being secured to and terminating immediately adjacent to the upper edge of said strip, the fleece on said upper and said sole forming a substantially continuous smooth inner surface.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

PATRICK J. GIBLIN. 

